§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by local education authority and for Wales as a whole for each year since 1985(a) the number of education psychologists employed, (b) the ratio of education psychologists to school children, (c) the number of children with statements and (d) the ratio of children with statements to the schools age population per 10,000 pupils. [8916]
§ Mr. RichardsInformation about the number of education psychologists prior to January 1992 is not centrally available. The available information is shown in the following tables.
Number of children with statements of special educational needs1 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Clwyd 1,287 1,665 1,528 1,877 2,328 2,512 2,553 2,244 3,219 2,321 2,370 Dyfed 497 643 701 487 561 648 830 1,066 1,319 1,667 2,024 Gwent 1,722 1,801 1,817 1,571 1,693 1,978 2,116 1,957 2,297 2,489 2,475 Gwynedd 969 889 896 815 722 744 814 860 865 872 1,087 Mid Glamorgan 3,988 3,766 3,983 3,396 2,828 3,282 3,103 3,944 4,016 4,234 1,539 Powys 232 236 744 218 264 293 327 518 517 594 647 South Glamorgan 1,170 1,255 1,268 1,249 1,129 613 2,175 2,361 2,33 2,598 2,629 West Glamorgan 1,968 1,959 2,226 2,115 2,129 613 2,175 2,361 2,333 2,598 2,629 Wales 11,833 12,214 13,163 11,728 11,742 11,393 13,275 14,297 15,940 16,300 14,521 Note:
1 At January each year. Children are shown against the authority in which they are registered, irrespective of where they are educated.
Source:
Forms 21M and STATS2.
Ratio of education psychologists to school children1 1992 1993 1994 1995 Clwyd 1:3,704 1:3,542 1:4,163 1:4,214 Dyfed 1:7,236 1:5,796 1:4,470 1:4,513 Gwent 1:4,234 1:3,687 1:3,940 1:3,819 Gwynedd 1:6,013 1;7,362 1:6,130 1:5,347 Mid Glamorgan 1:6,388 1:6,478 1:6,589 1:7,124 South Glamorgan 1:7,002 1:7,142 1:7,263 1:7,366 West Glamorgan 1:6,152 1:6,209 1:5,241 1:5,274 Wales 1:5,411 1:5,188 1:5,082 1:5,093 Note:
1At January each year. The ratio of the number of full time equivalent education psychologists to the number of full time and part time children in maintained and independent schools.
Source:
STATS2 form and Schools Census (STATS1).
Number of children with statements per 10,000 school children1 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Clwyd 175 231 215 269 334 362 367 319 454 328 331 Dyfed 87 114 125 87 98 114 145 184 228 287 345 Gwent 219 234 240 211 228 265 281 257 297 316 309 Gwynedd 235 220 227 212 191 200 225 238 235 237 290 Mid Glamorgan 398 382 411 357 300 347 327 412 413 428 154 Powys 117 122 389 115 140 155 173 272 269 308 329 South Glamorgan 171 185 189 186 181 196 198 192 192 210 238 West Glamorgan 306 312 360 347 350 101 356 384 376 413 415 Wales 235 247 270 244 244 237 276 294 323 327 288 Note:
1At January each year. Calculated as the number of children with statements of special educational needs divided by the number of full time and part time children in maintained and independent schools, multiplied by 10,000.
Source:
Forms 21M, STATS2 & STTS1.
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Number of education psychologists1 1992 1993 1994 1995 Clwyd 19 20 17 17 Dyfed 8 10 13 13 Gwent 18 21 20 21 Gwynedd 6 5 6 7 Mid Glamorgan 15 15 15 14 Powys 4 4 5 5 South Glamorgan 10 10 10 10 West Glamorgan 10 10 12 12 Wales 90 95 98 99 Note:
1Full time equivalent education psychologists as at January each year.
Source: STATS2 form.